That's just life

7.

That night, I decided that I'd push away my feelings. Anyway they didn't matter.

I'd just stay away from him.

Yeah. Easy.

Maybe that way, everything would just disappear. 

                                                        * * *

The next day, the first thing I did was text Audrey.

'Hey, Rey. Need 2 talk 2 u. Call me ASAP!!!'

I sighed as the last night's scenes came flooding back.

No. Don't do this to yourself, Sasha, my mind said.

Fine. And anyways, I knew that my mind was right about this.

I rolled over in my bed and saw Claire's tiny figure still sleeping.

I got out of bed and washed my face and brushed. I had to go to school.

I'd barely finished brushing when the doorbell rang. I groaned. 

Ava. It could only be her this early. I went down the stairs and saw not only Ava but Audrey too.

I stopped mid-stairs.

I needed to take deep breaths right now.

IN. OUT. IN. OUT.

Ok, maybe I was making too big a deal out of this.

"Morning, sunshine," Ava said, grinning.

Audrey rushed and hugged me.

I smiled. I was honestly so lucky to have my friends.

I went to hug Ava, but as soon as I went near her, she crinkled her little nose.

"Ewwwwww, SASHA! Please tell me you at least had  your BATH!" she said.

I grinned.

She pushed me to my bathroom and said, "Honey, you need to sort out your priorities".

I went in laughing.

I'd forget about him. It was easy.

Half an hour later, the three of us were walking to school, with our mouths stuffed with mum's 'Tuesday Torrents' pancakes.

Basically mum made the same pancakes every day, just the dressing was different.

Today it was whipped cream.

"Hey, Sash what did you wanna talk to me about?" Audrey asks.

You can do this.

"Oh, um honey, you have a not-so-secret admirer", I say, wiggling my brows.

Her hazel eyes widen, and she blushes furiously.

"Ooooooohhhhhh, Audrey! My baby has an ADMIRER!" Ava coos.

I smile along.

It was so cute watching Rey blush.

She lowers her eyes into a shy smile.

"Is it........", she trails off with a faraway look.

Now she looked directly at me and asked, "Is it Alex?"

I flinched as it hit me.

She liked him too. A lot.

But I still kept the grin on my face and raised my brows.